SocialConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
6,047,613 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Opposition supporters march through Libreville protesting results of the Presidential election.
6,047,618 -.65047902 11.9944 Gabon Opposition supporters violently protest the declaration of Pres. Bongo winning the election.
6,047,623 -.65047902 11.9944 Gabon Trade unions call for a 72 hour general strike to demand higher salaries. Strike was largely ignored especially on days two and three.
6,047,630 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Rioters protest Pres. Bongo, low wages and missing opposition leaders. Police burn offices of Radio Liberty.
6,047,635 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Troops surround and enter the home of opposition leader Rev. Mba Abessole with orders to take him dead or alive. Abessole and his family had fled the day prior.
6,047,642 -1.15048 11.4944 Gabon Air-Gabon workers strike, demanding salary increases and bonuses.
6,047,648 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Protesters demonstrate outside French embassy in response to French trial in which call girls accuse Pres. Bongo of having AIDS.
6,047,655 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Students protest over unpaid scholarships.
6,047,660 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Civil servants strike demanding better pay. General strike was called for, approximately 30,000 were expected to participate but only a few hundred actually did.
6,047,665 1.6557699 12.1838 Gabon Angry voters destroy ballot boxes over incomplete voter lists.
6,047,670 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Civil servants and students stage intermittent demonstrations over campus conditions.
6,047,676 -1.39 13.23 Gabon Rebels loyal to the ex-president kill a mining official.
6,047,688 -1.38 13.35 Gabon University professors and academic staff strike over access to property, research bonuses and investments for overhaul of the universities.
6,047,694 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon University teachers strike over pay increases, payment of arrears and hiring full time teachers. Students protest the possibility of loosing a full academic year.
6,047,698 -1.38 13.35 Gabon University teachers strike over pay increases, payment of arrears and hiring full time teachers. Students protest the possibility of loosing a full academic year.
6,047,704 -2.2420001 11.002 Gabon Opposition supporters vandalize polling stations and ballot boxes.
6,047,707 -2.8329999 11.3833 Gabon Opposition supporters vandalize polling stations and ballot boxes.
6,047,712 -1.86972 11.0542 Gabon Defeated opposition candidate hired thugs to attack young women at the Health College at Mouila in protest of election results.
6,047,719 -1.15048 11.4944 Gabon Teachers strike demanding increased pay, new schools and free textbooks for students.
6,047,724 -1.15048 11.4944 Gabon Teachers strike demanding increased pay, new schools and free textbooks for students.
6,047,729 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Students storm college campuses, cause unknown.
6,047,732 -1.38 13.35 Gabon Students storm college campuses, cause unknown.
6,047,738 -3 11 Gabon Villagers protest demanding return of electricity to the region and school supplies.
6,047,743 -2.2105999 11.4765 Gabon Villagers attack a police station after learning that a protester was killed by security forces.
6,047,748 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon University students strike demanding the reopening of the university restaurant.
6,047,753 -1.38 13.35 Gabon Youths attack opposition leader Pierre Mamboundou to prevent him from holding presidential campaign rallies.
6,047,759 -.716667 8.78333 Gabon Youths riot over re-election of Pres. Bongo.
6,047,764 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Opposition groups hold press confrence claiming fraud in the presidential election, while supporters demonstrate outside.
6,047,769 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Demonstrators protest high cost of living.
6,047,774 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Security force raid GPU's headquarters and conduct house-by-house searches. Officials claim they were looking for weapons.
6,047,781 -1.15048 11.4944 Gabon Oil workers strike over difficult working conditions.
6,047,787 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Demonstrators protest high cost of food.
6,047,792 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Air traffic controllers strike demanding monthly bonuses among other things.
6,047,798 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Air traffic controllers strike demanding pay raises.
6,047,803 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Doctors and nurses strike demanding higher housing allowances.
6,047,809 -.65047902 11.9944 Gabon Teachers strike for higher wages.
6,047,814 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Protesters demonstrate against French non-governmental groups that claim Pres. Bongo has obtained luxury homes in France with embezzled money.
6,047,821 -.65047902 11.9944 Gabon Health care workers strike for higher wages and better means of treating patients. Public hospital employees controlled by both the health ministry and the labor ministry strike at the same time.
6,047,827 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Prisoners riot and take several foreign prisoners hostage. Police fight their way into the prison.
6,047,832 -.65047902 11.9944 Gabon Teachers strike to force the government to accede to a wage accord that ended a previous strike.
6,047,838 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon A small protest group demands that the president resign. The police peacefully break up the protest because they did not have a permit.
6,047,844 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Thousands of protesters demonstrate against defense minister Ali Ben Bongo, son of the late president, because he intends to run for his father's office. The protesters begin throwing rocks, and the police use tear gas.
6,047,851 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon A presidential contender stages a hunger strike, charging that the forthcoming elections are full of irregularities. Event ends when the contender is hospitalized.
6,047,858 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Thousands of supporters of a presidential candidate gather in front of the electoral commission to protest after a disputed presidential election. The next day, police fire tear gas into the crowds as the election results are announced.
6,047,864 -.716667 8.78333 Gabon Thousands of supporters of a presidential candidate gather in front of the electoral commission to protest after a disputed presidential election. The next day, police fire tear gas into the crowds as the election results are announced.
6,047,869 .38999999 9.4541998 Gabon Thousands of supporters of a presidential candidate gather in front of the electoral commission to protest after a disputed presidential election. The next day, police fire tear gas into the crowds as the election results are announced.
6,047,874 -.97261 8.8721504 Gabon Thousands of supporters of a presidential candidate gather in front of the electoral commission to protest after a disputed presidential election. The next day, police fire tear gas into the crowds as the election results are announced.
6,047,881 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Five gunmen attack a tv station owned by a presidential candidate in the aftermath of a disputed presidential election.
6,047,888 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon An opposition candidate begins a hunger strike to protest recent elections.
6,047,895 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Students protest non-payment of grants.